The Rings of SaturnW. G. Sebald's new book is a work of imaginative literature, the fictional record of a journey on foot through coastal East Anglia, Sebald's home for the last 20 years. It is also an exploration of England's pastoral and imperial past. |
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Those tiny images of towns, about the size of postage stamps, looked like
romantic castles, and I pictured the German Reich as a medieval and vastly
enigmatic land. Time and again I studied the various regions on the map, from
the Polish ...
Those tiny images of towns, about the size of postage stamps, looked like
romantic castles, and I pictured the German Reich as a medieval and vastly
enigmatic land. Time and again I studied the various regions on the map, from
the Polish ...
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... sprawling satellite towns, business parks and shining glass houses which
looked like large quadrangular ice floes drifting across this corner of the continent
where not a patch is left to its own devices. Over the centuries the land had been
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... sprawling satellite towns, business parks and shining glass houses which
looked like large quadrangular ice floes drifting across this corner of the continent
where not a patch is left to its own devices. Over the centuries the land had been
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surrounded by boundless lands where nothing offended the eye, did not become
fashionable until the second half of the eighteenth century. Planning and
executing the work necessary for an emparkment could take two or three
decades.
surrounded by boundless lands where nothing offended the eye, did not become
fashionable until the second half of the eighteenth century. Planning and
executing the work necessary for an emparkment could take two or three
decades.
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Nutzerbericht - datrappert - LibraryThingAfter being very impressed by Austerlitz, I bought the Kindle version of the Rings of Saturn, which was on sale at a bargain price. First, I highly recommend reading Sebald's work on Kindle because he ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - MichaelODullard - LibraryThingThe Rings of Saturn - with its curious archive of photographs - records a walking tour of the eastern coast of England. A few of the things which cross the path and mind of its narrator (who both is ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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| Titel | The Rings of Saturn |
| Autor | Winfried Georg Sebald |
| Übersetzt von | Michael Hulse |
| Ausgabe | Neuauflage |
| Verlag | Harvill Press, 1999 |
| Original von | University of California |
| Digitalisiert | 6. Aug. 2019 |
| ISBN | 1860466095, 9781860466090 |
| Länge | 296 Seiten |
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